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World Dai Star – Episode 1 – The Second Chance at the Dai Star Dream
Episode impressions of World Dai Star Episode 1 as Otori Kokona was trying to pass an audition to become a World Dai Star. Still, she feels a bit…


Revue Starlight: The Movie
Well, Here We Are Yeah, I don’t have a caption for this post. Usually I would, but I am not sure what kind of simple description would get…


OG’s Top 10 Favorite Yuri Anime Couples of 2022
Welcome to Part 2 of my look back at 2022. A good year for yuri as we will soon see. In Part 1 I talked about my 10…
The Demon Girl Next Door, Revue Starlight, Vampire in the Garden, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club


Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2022
It’s time for a final look at the greatest animated works of 2022. We’ve gathered commercial and independent animators, directors, designers, writers, musicians, and everything in betwe…
Revue Starlight, Suzume, The Deer King, Vampire in the Garden, Bleach


On Writing Yuri with a Death Wish
12 Days of Aniblogging 2022, Day 2 This is the second half of a larger essay. Click here for the first part. Iori Miyazawa is a madman. If you don’t…
Yurikuma Arashi, Otherside Picnic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Revue Starlight


Anime Series Like Symphogear
Under constant assault by an alien race called Noise, society doesn't know that the idol duo Zwei Wing use their songs to charge powerful weapons known as
Kill la Kill, Macross, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Strike Witches, Vividred Operation


Revue Starlight: The Movie
In 2019, Revue Starlight hit the anime scene with a bang. It was shiny, with a setup of a Takarazuka-like school, the intensity of competition and performance and…
Kageki Shojo!! Volume 6 (Manga Review)
A review of Kageki Shoujo!! volume 6 by Kumiko Saiki published by Seven Seas Entertainment.


464th G-View: Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight The Movie
Note: While not mandatory it is highly recommended to watch the recap movie “Revue Starlight Rondo Rondo Rondo”. It is mostly a recap of the important scenes in…


Tomohiro Furukawa, Revue Starlight The Movie, And The Legacy Of Experience-Centric Anime
Tomohiro Furukawa draws from the philosophy and methods of living legends like Mamoru Oshii, Hideaki Anno, and his mentor Kunihiko Ikuhara. He reconstructs their teaching and his influences…
Revue Starlight: The Movie, Sarazanmai, Yurikuma Arashi, Penguindrum, Revue Starlight
Revue Starlight The Movie
Revue Starlight The Movie addresses and fixes nearly all my quibbles with the series by burning off the fat and violently compressing the remaining stylistic meat into a…


All the World’s a Stage
There’s a musical I once saw called Follies, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It’s a story about former stage performers who return to their old haunting…


Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2021
Our yearly animation awards have once again gathered animators, directors, producers, writers, translators, fans, and everything in between to pick the greatest contributions to anime and the world…
Selection Project, Sonny Boy, VLAD LOVE, Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, Revue Starlight


Secret Santa Review: Kageki Shojo!!
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are…


15 Anime Series Based on Gacha Games
Do you ever wonder why there are so many open-ended one season anime series out there? One of the lesser known tidbits about the anime industry is that…
Revue Starlight, Shadowverse, AZUR LANE, Cinderella Nine, Hortensia SAGA
Revue Starlight – Twinkle
Revue Starlight was really not the show I expected it to be, but that doesn't mean it was bad. It brought a lot of things in it's own…


Anime Series Like Opera Girl
After being forced out of her idol group due to a stalker fostering her discomfort with men, Ai Narata seeks to use her talents at the prestigious Kouka…
Stars Align, WONDER EGG PRIORITY, Dear Brother, Glass Mask, Kids on the Slope


First Impression: Kageki Shojo!!
The Red Flower Opera Music School (Kouka for short), trains young women for the all-female acting troupe of the same name, and is auditioning its 100th class. With…


Yuri News Update: June 2021
After a little break, we’re back with another roundup of yuri news stories, so sit back and enjoy yet another Yuri News Update. As always, if we missed…


Yuri News Update: May 2021
No disrespect to the other things on this month’s News Update, but it might as well only be about Madoka★Magica~ Yes, the sequel to Rebellion has FINALLY been…


Becoming The Battle Girl: How The 2010s Transformed The Magic in Magical Girl Anime
The New 10s saw the transformation of the magical girl genre into something different, but what?
Symphogear, The Girl in Twilight, Flip Flappers, GRANBELM, Princess Principal


Revue Starlight (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The collector’s edition Blu-ray release of Revue Starlight recently went on offer, and I decided to pick it up!


Yuri Anime 2021
Just like our Yuri Anime 2013, Yuri Anime 2014, Yuri Anime 2015, Yuri Anime 2016, Yuri Anime 2017, Yuri Anime 2018, Yuri Anime 2019, and Yuri Anime 2020…
Princess Principal, Revue Starlight, VLAD LOVE, KINMOZA!, Otherside Picnic


Yuri News Update: January 2021
It’s an all-new year but the same ol’ Yuri News Update that you know and don’t seem to hate too much. :D This month’s update seems to be…
Who I am.
Alright, this post was meant to go out a good month ago, and I have no reason for delaying it. I’m just a terrible blogger, with no real…


Anime On the Big Screen: “Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul”
Venue: Dendy Cinemas, Level 2, North Quarter, Canberra Centre, 148 Bunda Street, Canberra City, ACT Date: Thursday 8 October 2020 Distri...
The Melancholic Middle Aged Anime Fan
Shop, Ghost in the Shell, Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Marulk's Daily Life
My return to Revue Starlight: J’ai besoin de m’améliorer en Français.
Every week I say I’ll think of a decent title for my Revue Starlight posts, and every week they never happen. So now we’re at the last one,…
Yuri News Update: September 2020
As we do at the beginning of every month, it’s time to recap what’s been going on in the world of yuri. If we missed something important, feel…
Adachi and Shimamura, Is the Order a Rabbit?, Revue Starlight
My return to Revue Starlight: The Yuri Has Been Doubled!
In case you haven’t been following, this is post number 4 in my Revue Starlight project. These posts weren’t meant to go in any kind of chronological order,…
My return to Revue Starlight: The Official Mahiru Tsuyuzaki Fan Club.
Sooooo…you can take a wild guess at what this third post is going to be about. That one girl who chases after her beloved Karen, who feels left…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 15, 2020
Yuri Anime We’re starting this week off with some song and dance. Rafael Antonio Pineda at ANN has the details of the upcoming Revue Starlight film and the…
My return to Revue Starlight: Part 2, Electric Boogaloo.
I’m a fair bit into Revue Starlight now. (Ba)karen has stormed into the fight club causing all kinds of ripples, but she’s the idiot main protagonist, so we…
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight – Final Review
Back in 2018, I haven’t got the chance to watch Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight. While it took a while to get a chance to watch it, I am so…
Yuri News Update: August 2020
It’s that time of the month again, time to go over what’s been happening in the world of yuri anime, manga, and visual novels. So sit back, relax,…
Ninja Nonsense, Revue Starlight, Strike Witches, YuruYuri, YUKI YUNA IS A HERO
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight – Episodes 7-9 – Nana’s Endless Starlight
Believe it or not, Nana is the most supportive member of the group. However, there is something about her that she is not hiding. I’ll give you one…
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight – Episodes 4-6 – Runaway Dates, Green Eyed Miharu, and The Unbreakable Promise
After Karen lost against Maya last time, Hikari gave Karen a big slap of reality. Before Karen knew it, Hikari mysteriously disappears. Meanwhile, the sense of Invidia inside…
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight – Episodes 1-3 – Karen Joins the Fight For Brilliance
Back in 2018 when it aired, I haven’t had the chance to watch Revue Starlight. This is mostly because I didn’t have a Hidive subscription. However, I did…
Nonon’s Otaku Theater: Spring Anime 2020, Week 10
I made the decision recently to return to a show that I slung a lot of mud at in a past season. I’ll be re-watching Shoujo Kageki Revue…
Yuri News Update: June 2020
It’s the first Wednesday in June, which means it’s time for yet another Yuri News Update. If I missed a news story worth mentioning, feel free to mention…
Adachi and Shimamura, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Non Non Biyori, Revue Starlight, Symphogear


Year 1 Issue 16
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 16 April 15 - 21, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet. Hope you all…
Cyborg 009, Mewkledreamy, A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Scientific Railgun T, SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME
Revue Starlight: Well Staged Mysteries
I honestly have a hard time starting this post for a wide variety of reasons. The main reason is the niche fame and favoritism from on this series.…
Funomenal Rear-view Contemplation: Best of Film & Game Music 2019
If I were to think back to where I was in 2009, as a reference point for the decade that has just gone by…time REALLY didn’t go by…
Ten Series From the Previous Decade I Regret Sleeping On
I sleep on a lot of things. That of course includes beds, but couches and car seats are also not safe from me under certain conditions. I’m not…
Favorite anime of the decade 2010-2019: Honorable Mentions
The fact that I’ve been blogging about anime for a decade makes me feel old, but also weirdly accomplished. Despite monthly gaps, I’ve been plugging away at this…
Revue Starlight Roundtable Discussion | A Revue With The Music Production Team – Part II
As September 2018 draws to a close, the TV anime Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight has, for the moment, come to an end. Now that everything has come to…
Revue Starlight Roundtable Discussion | A Revue With The Music Production Team – Part I
Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight: the franchise that has taken its ‘musical x anime mixed media’ concept and turned it into a myriad of different projects. The TV anime,…
#61 - Best Anime of 2018
2018 was a titanic year for anime, and we're here to tell you about some of the best series' and movies of the year! By no means did…
Lu Over the Wall, Megalobox, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Violet Evergarden, A Place Further Than the Universe
OSMcast! Show #146: The OSMawards: Top 15 in 2018
2018 was a year. A year were things happened.Mostly terrible, but there was some stuff hiding around, poking about. At the very least, fifteen things. Well, actually sure…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Citrus, ISLAND, Revue Starlight, ZOMBIE LAND SAGA, Planet With
[12 Days 2018] Day 11: Best of Anime, Part 1!
Welcome to Through the Painting’s third iteration of the annual Top Anime Awards! This is where I run through what I’ve seen of this year’s anime and award…